Of that, over £148 million is being invested in the current financial year (2025-26), and over £681 million has been spent in the last five financial years (2020-21 - 2024-25), funding Discretionary Housing Payments, the Scottish Welfare Fund, money advice services, and Universal Credit Scottish choices.In addition to the above support, in 2025-26, we forecast that we will spend £458 million on the Scottish Child payment, giving support to the families of over 323,000 children who currently receive it.Furthermore, the Scottish Government mitigates pressures from UK immigration processes by investing in Scotland’s prevention-based homelessness framework, including rapid rehousing approaches and integration support through New Scots.Despite limited economic levers, the Scottish Government has a strong record on helping people with the costs of living.